Abstract: Joseph Granby was an American actor whose career spanned the early-1900s to the 1960s. During that time he was involved in
vaudeville, theater, film, radio, and television. The collection consists of photographs, scrapbooks, theater programs, playbills,
and a small amount of script material related to Granby's career.

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There is very little biographical information available about Joseph Granby. Most of the facts below were gathered from Granby's
papers. Joseph Granby (also known as Joe) was born in 1885 and appears to be from Boston, Massachusetts. He was an actor involved
in theater, motion pictures, radio, and television. His career was launched at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston in 1905.
He appeared on Broadway in productions such as
The Claw,
Lally (1927), and
Hawk Island (1929). Granby was also active in vaudeville on the Keith and Orpheum circuits. He regularly performed on radio and was known
for his role as Black Barney in the science-fiction series Buck Rogers. He also played the roles of Lothar on
Mandrake the Magician and Lestrade on
Sherlock Holmes. His motion picture credits include
Kismet (1944),
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949),
Joan of Arc (1950), and
Written on the Wind (1956) among others. He made the transition to television on programs such as Fireside Theatre and Lux Video Theatre. Granby
died in Hollywood, California, on September 29, 1965.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, theater programs, playbills, and a very small amount of script
material related to the career of actor Joseph Granby. The bulk of the photographs include theater and motion picture stills,
headshots, and portrait-like shots of Granby. The three scrapbooks represent Granby's early career and consist of clippings,
theater programs, and playbills, a small number of photographs, and ephemera. The scripts represent a very small quantity
of motion picture and radio projects in which Granby may have been involved or had an interest in, such as script pages for
a radio performance of
It's a Wonderful Life (1947) and screenplays for
Invasion U.S.A. and
Written on the Wind (1957). Notably absent from the collection is a broader representation of scripts related to Granby's radio work on
Buck Rogers,
Sherlock Holmes, and
Mandrake the Magician as well as scripts related to Granby's performances on stage, in motion pictures, and on television.

The bulk of the Photographs series consists of publicity photographs including theater and motion picture stills representing
productions in which Granby was involved, and headshots and portrait-like shots of Granby. Some of the head shots and portraits
depict Granby in makeup and costume as the various character roles he played. The majority of the photographs are not indentified
with project titles. Identified film stills represent productions such as
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949),
His Kind of Woman(1951), and
Joan of Arc (1950). A portion of the film stills have unique identifying numbers on the images; these are noted on the inventory. Additionally,
there is a very small number of radio-project related images and photographs of others, some inscribed to Granby. Although
most of the photographs are not dated, many appear to embody Granbys early stage and motion picture career. The series is
arranged alphabetically by project title when known.

Box 2, Folder 5

Assorted stills of Granby in varous costumes.no date.

General note

Appears to be motion picture or theatre productions.

Box 2, Folder 6

Assorted stills that appear related to World War II entertainment.ca. 1940s.

Box 2, Folder 3

Assorted stills that appear to be from a radio project.no date.

Box 2, Folder 1

Assorted stills that appear to be from motion picture productions.no date.

Box 2, Folder 2

Assorted stills that appear to be from motion picture productions.no date.

Box 2, Folder 4

Assorted stills that appear to be from theatre productions.no date.

Box 2, Folder 8

Granby portraits and headshots.no date.

Box 3, Folder 6

Granby portraits and headshots.no date.

Box 2, Folder 7

Granby portraits and headshots that appear to be from early career.no date.

Box 2, Folder 22

Group photograph.no date.

General note

Number 57 appears on photographs.

Box 3, Folder 4

Group photographs.no date.

General note

One photograph appears to be related to The Lambs and one photograph is from the Masquers O'Brien Night, 1948 October 27.

Box 3, Folder 5

Photographs of others.no date.

General note

Appear to be of Irene Rich and Olga Petrova; both inscribed to Granby.

Box 2, Folder 9

Photographs of others.no date.

General note

One photograph inscribed to Granby by Joe Harold.

Box 2, Folder 24

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Number 81 appears on photographs.

Box 2, Folder 35

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Lloyd 2 appears on photographs.

Box 2, Folder 28

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Number 6692 appears on photographs.

Box 2, Folder 29

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Number 6911 appears on photographs.

Box 2, Folder 30

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Number 719 appears on photographs.

Box 2, Folder 31

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Number 723 appears on photographs.

Box 2, Folder 32

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Number 739 appears on photographs.

Box 2, Folder 34

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Sequence of numbers beginning with B appears on the back of the photographs.

Box 2, Folder 36

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Sequence of numbers beginning with Mast appears on the photographs.

Box 2, Folder 21

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Number 12 appears on photographs.

Box 2, Folder 20

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

G or 6 appears on photographs.

Box 2, Folder 23

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Number 57E09 appears on photographs.

Box 2, Folder 25

Unidentified motion picture stills.no date.

General note

Number 145 appears on photographs.

Box 2, Folder 10

Accomplice (The).1917.

Box 2, Folder 11

And Now Tomorrow.1944.

Box 2, Folder 12

Barkleys of Broadway (The).1949.

Box 2, Folder 27

Danny Boy.1945.

General note

Appears to be for the film Danny Boy.

Box 2, Folder 13

Eddie Albert Show #4.no date.

Box 2, Folder 26

Granby Headshots.no date.

General note

Credit on back of images: Ray Lee Jackson NBC Studio. Could be related to The Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers.

Box 2, Folder 14

His Kind of Woman.1951.

Box 2, Folder 15

Joan of Arc.1950.

General note

Granby as Giles de Fecamp.

Box 2, Folder 16

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands.1948.

Box 2, Folder 33

Man From Nowhere (The).1916.

General note

Appears to be from The Man From Nowhere.

Box 2, Folder 17

Rasputin the Black Monk.1917.

Box 2, Folder 18

Silver Butte.1949.

Box 2, Folder 19

Special Agent.1949.

Box 1, Folder 15

Trelawny of the Wells.ca. 1954.

Scrapbooks.1908, 1910s-1920s, 1940.

Physical Description: Boxes 1-2, 4-5

Scope and Content Note

The series comprises three scrapbooks, each containing one or more of the following: clippings, theatre programs, playbills,
a small number of photographs, and ephemera. The scrapbooks represent Granby’s early entertainment career in stage and motion
pictures performances such as
Fine Feathers,
The Wife Decides, and
The White Sister, among others. One scrapbook specifically corresponds to Granby’s association with the Somerville Players during 1922-1923.
Loose items in scrapbooks were removed for preservation purposes and are listed on the inventory. There is no specific arrangement
to the series.

Box 5

Brown scrapbook.ca. 1910-1914.

Box 1, Folder 2

Circus Day.1911, no date.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes.

Box 2, Folder 39

Clippings.1909, 1914, no date.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes.

Box 2, Folder 40

Fine Feathers clippings and theater programs.ca. 1913-1915.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes.

Box 4, Folder 3

Grey and red scrapbook.ca. 1915-1921.

General note

Clippings and photographs.

Box 1, Folder 7

Kismet.1944.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes. With photograph of Granby and other actor in costume.

Box 2, Folder 41

Lyceum Theater (The) playsbills and theaer programs.ca. 1912-1913.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes.

Box 2, Folder 42

Photographs.no date.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes. Images of Benton, Granby, and West, as well as Granby in costume.

Box 2, Folder 45

Proctor's Theatre programs.no date.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes.

Box 1, Folder 22

Samuels Opera House theatre programs.1908-1909.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes.

Box 2, Folder 38

Telegrams, business cards, and souvenir printing rom Family Theatre.1911, 1913, no date.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes. With a special printing of A Face Upon the Floor by D'Arcy, compliments
of Family Theatre, 1913.

Box 2, Folder 43

Theater programs and playbills.1911, 1912, 1914, 1927.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes.

Box 1, Folder 23

White Sister (The) theater program and clipping.1914; no date.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes.

Box 1, Folder 24

Whitney Theater (The) programs.ca. 1914.

General note

Removed from brown scrapbook for preservation purposes. With The Barrier, Bought and Paid For, Brewster's Millions, Elevating
a Husband, The Escape, Fine Feathers, The Gamblers, The Great Divide, The Lure, One Day, Three Weeks, and What Happened to
Mary. Many include duplicate copies.